[0:00] Looks like I'm here just in time for you
[0:02] guys to mate.
[0:03] >> Yes, we're about to put it in.
[0:06] >> Wonderful.
[0:07] >> I don't know about that.
[0:08] >> It's been a long time coming, you two.
[0:10] >> It has been this one. This one lasts an
[0:13] extra long time.
[0:14] >> Welcome to Hooies Garage, the dumbest
[0:15] automo channel in all of YouTube. And 6
[0:18] months ago, I bought a supercar that I
[0:20] haven't been able to enjoy. The Lotus
[0:22] Aspree burst onto the scene in the 1970s
[0:24] and was made famous immediately in a
[0:26] James Bond filmed as a submarine. And as
[0:29] the 80s went on and into the early 90s,
[0:30] it continued to be a popular car, seen
[0:32] in a lot of film and television, Basic
[0:34] Instinct, for example. But then it sort
[0:36] of fell off the radar. People forgot the
[0:37] Lotus Aspree existed, especially the
[0:39] final iteration, which I think is the
[0:41] best, the Aspree V8. updated styling and
[0:45] updated performance with a twin turbo
[0:47] flat plane crank V8 with 350 horsepower.
[0:50] Manual transmission, amazing looks, and
[0:53] price-wise, since they're forgotten
[0:54] supercars, they sell for around 10 to
[0:56] 20% of a Lamborghini Countage or Diablo.
[1:00] And that made no sense to me. Well, that
[1:02] is until I bought one at auction for
[1:04] $40,000 and discovered, well, it had a
[1:08] lot of issues. The worst one, a
[1:09] crunching transmission.
[1:12] So, the entire drivetrain had to come
[1:14] out so the transmission could get
[1:16] rebuilt. But in this video today, the
[1:18] Lotus engine is going back in.
[1:19] Everything's get hooked up and hopefully
[1:21] everything will work and I can drive it
[1:23] home. That's that's a big hopefully
[1:25] because it is a Lotus. In a previous
[1:27] life, I was sitting on tons of staff
[1:29] meetings in stores all over the country,
[1:31] hiring hundreds of employees, and I
[1:33] really wish I had a second brain that
[1:34] paid attention to everything as there
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[1:37] through the cracks. What I needed was
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[2:49] Looks like I'm here just in time for you
[2:51] guys to mate.
[2:53] >> Yes, we're about to put it in.
[2:55] >> Wonderful.
[2:56] >> I don't know about that.
[2:57] >> It's been a long time coming, you two.
[3:00] >> Yeah,
[3:00] >> it has been. This one, this one lasts an
[3:03] extra long time,
[3:04] >> I suppose. So, the transmission is back
[3:07] and it's been freshly rebuilt along with
[3:10] everything else. And I guess this is the
[3:11] way it goes in, correct? There. And in.
[3:14] And
[3:14] >> yeah, actually, I'm going to remove this
[3:16] glass. I don't really want that to get
[3:18] broken.
[3:19] >> That's a good idea. It took a lot for me
[3:21] to find that glass.
[3:22] >> Let me get this out of the way so we
[3:24] don't accidentally hurt this thing.
[3:26] >> Sounds good. So, you can put it in the
[3:27] back of my Dakota. Maybe that'd be a
[3:29] good spot.
[3:30] >> Yeah. So, Daniel, I know saying the
[3:33] timing was a little bit of a thing,
[3:34] right?
[3:34] >> Uh, yeah. Thankfully, with all the stuff
[3:36] that was supplied by the I guess the
[3:38] people who were uh rebuilt the
[3:40] transmission, it was so much easier.
[3:41] They supplied all the
[3:43] >> Oh,
[3:51] that's that's not a top.
[3:53] >> No,
[3:53] >> that's not a top.
[3:56] >> What? That actually was an old lens from
[3:58] your Beck Spider you used to have.
[4:02] The pranks keep coming.
[4:04] >> I'm not cleaning that up.
[4:06] >> You thought you just broke an unoptanium
[4:08] piece of glass, right?
[4:09] >> Um Wow. Okay.
[4:12] >> Did your heart sink?
[4:13] >> Yeah, that was not nice of you. That was
[4:15] That was not nice at all. Well, okay. Um
[4:20] well, now that that's uh Yeah, we we've
[4:22] uh muzzles hopped that, I guess, we can
[4:24] uh get the engine in, huh? Yes.
[4:27] >> All right. Well, who's doing the pushing
[4:30] and who's doing the receiving of this
[4:32] injury?
[4:33] >> I can probably do the pushing and
[4:34] Danielson can do the aligning and the uh
[4:37] insertion.
[4:38] >> Wonderful. All right. Well, let's let's
[4:40] hit it. Everybody puckered. Yes. This is
[4:43] This is the puckering moment when
[4:46] >> the irreplaceable engine goes up very
[4:48] high and something Wizard bought at a
[4:49] shop with something Wizard bought at a
[4:52] swap meet for 50 bucks.
[4:54] >> Yeah. But it's been a trooper. It's
[4:56] lasted years and it's had never had any
[4:58] issue.
[4:59] >> This thing could lift a truck easily.
[5:00] >> Yeah, it could.
[5:02] >> Famous last words with this 9-year-old
[5:04] hydraulic press.
[5:09] >> The shaft lubed.
[5:11] >> It seems to be.
[5:12] >> We are in quite a mood today, aren't we?
[5:14] >> Goodness.
[5:16] >> Flat plane crank twin turbo excellence.
[5:19] >> Straighten it out there. With about
[5:21] 4,000 in new parts and about $4,000 in a
[5:25] rebuilt transmission
[5:27] going back in. We're all so quiet.
[5:31] >> Should I break some more glass? No.
[5:33] >> Slow down. Slow down. You're going too
[5:34] fast.
[5:34] >> Okay, it's stopped.
[5:37] >> Let's see.
[5:38] >> If people are just listening to this
[5:40] instead of watching it, they're
[5:42] >> It's an ASMR radio show.
[5:44] >> No, no, no, no, no. Sounds like
[5:46] something else.
[5:47] >> Yeah, I think it'll clear it. See what
[5:49] you got up front.
[5:50] doesn't have much.
[5:52] >> Let's see.
[5:53] >> It's gotten tighter here.
[5:55] >> But that's that's plenty of room,
[5:57] actually.
[5:57] >> Mhm.
[5:57] >> Okay. Weather. Um I guess I can only
[6:01] reach.
[6:02] >> Do you want me to crank it?
[6:04] >> I can crank.
[6:07] >> Oh, there's I'm stepping on glass.
[6:13] >> Which which way do I crank?
[6:18] As soon as you start cranking on low
[6:24] >> the other way,
[6:25] >> of course.
[6:29] Looks like some hoses or I don't know if
[6:30] it's catching over there.
[6:33] >> It's okay. They're tied out of the way
[6:34] and zip tied out of the way.
[6:35] >> The hoses are
[6:36] >> Oh, right up here. These are This is
[6:38] wiring.
[6:38] >> Yeah,
[6:39] >> they even cut it out here. They really
[6:40] did make this very easy.
[6:43] >> I feel like the engine got smaller for
[6:45] some reason. It was just it was a lot
[6:47] easier to install than to remove.
[6:49] >> But even the removal was pretty easy.
[6:51] >> Removal was easy. Like I did on my
[6:53] video. This is like one of the easiest
[6:55] engine outs we've ever done
[6:57] >> on any car.
[6:59] >> So that lower your estimate from the
[7:00] office visit.
[7:01] >> No.
[7:05] >> That was a very serious no.
[7:06] >> Ready?
[7:07] >> Yeah.
[7:09] >> There we go.
[7:10] >> She's in.
[7:12] >> It's mated.
[7:13] >> Oh my god. It's in.
[7:15] We have mated.
[7:17] I feel much closer to you all now. Much
[7:20] closer.
[7:21] >> Even after I broke glass and made you
[7:22] shhat yourself,
[7:23] >> it it enhanced the experience, I guess.
[7:26] >> Yeah, I guess so.
[7:26] >> Wonderful.
[7:27] >> Adrenaline. Yeah.
[7:28] >> Yes. Well, I guess I'll leave you to it,
[7:31] Daniel. As far as getting everything
[7:32] hooked up, back together. Let me know
[7:34] when you're about to fire it up. So,
[7:36] it's been about 2 months since the
[7:37] engine slid back into the Lotus, and
[7:39] I've been waiting very patiently for
[7:41] progress, and it's finally happened. The
[7:43] car is running apparently. Danielson has
[7:45] everything all hooked up and going. So,
[7:47] we're going to head to the car wizards
[7:48] in a little bit except he's not there
[7:49] actually. He's in New Mexico. We'll go
[7:51] with Daniel and take it for its first
[7:53] drive. But speaking of turninium turbo
[7:55] goodness here, look at this Fast and
[7:57] Furious crazy thing that April just got.
[8:00] 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse. It's her latest
[8:03] project. She documented on her channel
[8:05] and I got to say it is so ridiculous and
[8:07] cool. I picked it up for 4,500 bucks.
[8:09] And the good part is the chassis itself,
[8:12] less than 100,000 mi on it. 97,000 mi.
[8:15] Look at this interior with that pattern.
[8:17] It's the '90s were something else. And
[8:20] the other good news about this thing is
[8:22] a very nice body. It sat outside for a
[8:24] long time, so the original paint has
[8:26] faded, but there's no rust anywhere on
[8:28] this car. You walk around it, that crazy
[8:30] spoiler, kind of like the Lotus, it's uh
[8:33] it's just so goofy looking. And of
[8:35] course, the first Fast and Furious film,
[8:37] you know, they had the floor fall out of
[8:38] it, the nitrous exploded, all that
[8:39] stuff. It's very stupid, but these are
[8:41] pretty interesting tuner cars. And the
[8:43] previous owner, he was a huge enthusiast
[8:45] and did some things. You can see that
[8:47] hole there. Take a look at this $4,000
[8:50] car, but over eight grand into the
[8:52] motor. So, the pretty purple valve
[8:53] cover. Of course, that's a boy racer
[8:55] thing to do along with the clear uh
[8:57] timing belt cover. But it does have
[8:59] built internals, a lot of stuff to where
[9:02] on the right fuel, it can have over 500
[9:04] horsepower. Currently, it's somewhere in
[9:05] the mid-300s, which this one is a
[9:07] front-wheel drive. It's not a GSX
[9:08] all-wheel drive. So, that really is all
[9:10] you want on pump gas. And uh it is it is
[9:13] pretty silly. But then when it hits that
[9:16] blowoff valve, it comes out of the hood
[9:17] and makes just such stupid silly noises.
[9:20] Now, clearly it needs some sorting, but
[9:21] there's the turbo there. This intake, it
[9:23] doesn't do anything. None of this stuff
[9:24] is is hooked up except for that horrible
[9:26] air intake. So, it needs a different
[9:27] intake. I would love for this to be
[9:29] routed somewhere else rather than out
[9:30] the hood, but April is totally in love
[9:32] with it. Uh, so most of the issues,
[9:34] unlike the Lotus, are cosmetic. It runs
[9:37] great. It shifts well. So, really, it
[9:39] just needs to look as good as it drives.
[9:41] And that door handle on the outside
[9:42] doesn't really work. It's just so crazy
[9:44] that we found one of these just in our
[9:46] backyard less than an hour away.
[9:50] Yeah,
[9:54] it is full out hooptie, but it's a it's
[9:57] a really cool hooptie. April's always
[9:59] been drawn to the Eclipse, not because
[10:00] of the Fast and Furious film or she's
[10:02] much of a tuner person. She just thought
[10:03] they looked cool when she was a teen.
[10:05] This was the car that she wanted for her
[10:06] first car. She didn't get it. She got a
[10:08] fourth gen Camaro, which still a pretty
[10:09] cool car,
[10:11] but she also wanted something to really
[10:13] perfect her stick driving skills cuz the
[10:15] occasional lesson here and there
[10:18] wasn't giving her, you know, the
[10:19] confidence she needs, especially to
[10:21] drive other people's cars for car
[10:22] reviews. So, she really wanted a stick
[10:23] shift car that she didn't have to worry
[10:25] about as much to learn. And this one,
[10:27] well, pretty easy clutch, easy
[10:29] transmission, and then you get on it.
[10:37] It's goofy. It is so goofy. It's
[10:40] probably almost as fast as the Lot is,
[10:42] too. But the nice thing is, uh, the
[10:44] gears don't crunch. So, that that
[10:46] shouldn't be the case on mine, either.
[10:47] But here, I'll slow roll into third
[10:49] here. That turbo kicks in.
[10:56] The noises, the noises are just just
[10:59] awesome on this thing. Oh, so
[11:03] this car is so much fun for $4,500.
[11:06] That's how much I spent just rebuilding
[11:08] the transmission on the Lotus. So that's
[11:10] what I tell. I mean, you can have so
[11:12] much fun with period hoopties that are
[11:15] tuner cars that were enthusiast cars in
[11:17] their day and you drive this car and
[11:19] people still go, "Wo, it's an Eclipse
[11:21] because you never see them on the road
[11:22] anymore and they're not worth all that
[11:24] much." You can definitely find a cool
[11:25] car that turns heads for not a lot of
[11:27] money with a paint job on this thing.
[11:29] It's going to be really, really cool.
[11:31] But for now, it's just going to be a
[11:32] beater. Okay, one more time. One more
[11:34] pull. Go, go, go. Here comes that late
[11:37] burst.
[11:41] The torque steer also.
[11:45] Oh man,
[11:47] this this thing's great. It's good out
[11:50] of the box, unlike the Lotus. But
[11:52] actually, there is some more good news
[11:53] at the house. I have sold two more cars.
[11:57] One of them I wasn't even trying to
[11:58] sell. And the other one, well, I thought
[11:59] it was completely unsellable, but turns
[12:01] out somebody wants it. This Porsche 911,
[12:04] it is officially sold. I got $19,000 for
[12:07] this thing. One of the backup buyers on
[12:09] Cars and Bids pulled the trigger and the
[12:12] money is in the bank. It's in the bank.
[12:14] It's in the bank. Yes. And also, I had
[12:17] an interested buyer here on the Ford
[12:20] pickup truck, which Magic Mike is
[12:22] working on because it's been sitting in
[12:23] here for literally a year, not moving,
[12:27] >> of course.
[12:28] >> And step one was the battery. It was uh
[12:30] completely dead.
[12:32] >> Yeah.
[12:32] >> But with my jump pack, it just wasn't
[12:34] enough to get it going. I'm also worried
[12:36] it was out of gas, so I put some gas in
[12:37] it. But
[12:40] >> perfect timing. you know, working on
[12:42] cars and filming and talking, you know,
[12:44] it's it's it's not easy, is it?
[12:46] >> It's not as easy as everybody seems to
[12:48] think it is at home,
[12:49] >> especially in a swamp where it just
[12:50] rained and so all the water collects in
[12:52] here and Yeah, it's
[12:54] >> and I just get to sweat through it,
[12:55] right?
[12:56] >> We sweat it out.
[12:57] >> All right. Yeah, you're at full blossom
[12:58] in your blouse there, as the people like
[13:00] to say in the comments.
[13:01] >> It's a hot one today. Yeah, I'm feeling
[13:02] it.
[13:03] >> All right, so the batteries hooked up.
[13:05] Yeah, we're getting
[13:06] >> We'll see after almost a year. So, I
[13:09] brought these chairs out. I borrowed
[13:10] them from my parents for my wedding,
[13:13] which was a year and a a year and 10
[13:17] days ago.
[13:18] >> Yeah.
[13:18] >> And I was supposed to go return them a
[13:20] year ago. They're patio furniture. So,
[13:22] I'll take put them in the truck and I'll
[13:24] bring them over to them. That that's
[13:25] >> always on the ball.
[13:27] >> So, I bought this 72 Ford and this is
[13:29] the trim package Ranger XLT because it's
[13:31] the fancy one shortly after I got the
[13:33] farm and it was cool to have this old
[13:35] farm truck here and it is a really neat
[13:37] spec. 390 V8 under the hood. And it has
[13:41] the fancy interior as well. Kind of the
[13:44] '7s fancy grandmother's couch here
[13:48] material. That nice pattern there. Air
[13:51] conditioning, faux wood trim, carpet.
[13:54] This was the luxury truck in 1972 and a
[13:57] camper special. So you could put, you
[13:58] know, camper shell in the back and go
[14:00] out into the woods or keep your parents
[14:02] patio furniture for years. But anyway,
[14:06] how's it looking? You see, we're getting
[14:08] there. I quit dropping stuff, so I'm
[14:10] making better progress.
[14:11] >> There's that gigantic AC compressor.
[14:13] It's kind of dark in here. And the hood
[14:14] won't open all the way because I pulled
[14:15] it too far in to this 70-year-old
[14:19] Leanto.
[14:20] >> Quite a departure from the Lotus, but
[14:22] this thing only had two owners for the
[14:23] last 50 years and just so much
[14:25] preservation with it. You can see
[14:27] somebody was doing their oil change
[14:28] intervals up here in the 80s and 90s,
[14:31] and they were printing it off up there
[14:33] just to keep a record of it. So, let's
[14:35] see. What's the last one? 1995 at 64,000
[14:39] miles and it is currently at 96,000
[14:42] miles. So, it was used quite a bit, but
[14:46] I don't think it's turned over to
[14:47] 196,000 mi based on the condition.
[14:51] Let's see. See if the radio turns on.
[14:53] Electrocute magic mic here.
[14:56] Yep,
[14:58] that's working on here.
[15:02] What?
[15:06] What?
[15:10] I'm not exaggerating when I said it was
[15:11] a year.
[15:13] It's been a It's been a year. It's been
[15:15] sitting for a year and it starts right
[15:17] up. That's pretty impressive.
[15:23] And we're charging the battery. We're up
[15:24] at like 139.
[15:28] They they just they don't make them like
[15:29] they used to.
[15:30] >> Not like this.
[15:31] >> This is stupid. Okay, let's see if the
[15:32] AC still works cuz it's going to
[15:35] still blowing cold.
[15:38] >> Yeah,
[15:40] that's wild.
[15:43] That's nice. That's nice.
[15:50] Her first trip into the sun
[15:53] in a year.
[15:56] There we go. I made it into a barn find,
[15:59] Michael.
[16:02] >> You know, all that barn dust kind of
[16:04] makes things sell for more, you know.
[16:07] >> Adds a patina to it.
[16:09] >> Look at that. Now I don't want to sell
[16:11] it.
[16:13] I mean, 8,500 bucks. And I mean, I I it
[16:16] hasn't moved in a year, so I should let
[16:18] somebody use it that actually wants it,
[16:20] right? I mean, that's what a smart
[16:23] businessman would do, but
[16:27] >> Well, first I need to return the patio
[16:29] furniture and and then and then I'll go
[16:32] up to the car wizards cuz I think the
[16:33] Lotus Yeah, the Lotus is driving.
[16:34] >> I'd say that's a good call. Yeah.
[16:36] >> Okay. All right. Sorry, Mom and Dad. Off
[16:39] we go with a very, very dusty windshield
[16:41] with cat paw prints, but it's driving
[16:44] really nice. It's It's like I started it
[16:47] last week instead of last year. This is
[16:49] pretty impressive. They really don't
[16:51] make them like they used to. I can't
[16:52] think of any other way to segue other
[16:54] than the Lotus don't make them like they
[16:56] used to either, I guess, with this V8.
[16:58] This analog old school feeling. But as
[16:59] much as I like this truck, I'm okay with
[17:01] letting it go because I have not been
[17:03] using it. If it hasn't moved in a year,
[17:04] that's insane. Needs to go to somebody
[17:06] who would really appreciate it. And
[17:08] actually, this person emailed me, he's a
[17:09] viewer. This is his dream truck. This is
[17:11] an end- all beall toy dream truck. So, I
[17:14] know it'll be loved and cherished. So, I
[17:16] guess if he falls through, I'll be happy
[17:18] to let it go. If he doesn't fall
[17:19] through, then I'll hang on to it. It's
[17:22] kind of silly because I have four
[17:23] trucks, the Lightning, the two
[17:24] Escalades, and then the Dodge Dakota,
[17:27] which is a good beater truck to have
[17:28] around. So, I don't know, but it's
[17:31] pretty fun to have this thing out. Every
[17:32] time I drive it, I just have a smile on
[17:33] my face the whole time. Hopefully,
[17:35] that's the case with the Lotus. I'm
[17:36] smiling the whole time when I drive it.
[17:38] So, finally, let's head back up to the
[17:40] Car Wizards, but he's not there. He's in
[17:42] New Mexico. So, it's Daniel's son. He'll
[17:44] be checking it out with me. He did most
[17:46] of the work anyway. Okay. This is a long
[17:49] time coming. Almost 6 months. Daniel,
[17:52] son,
[17:52] >> has it been that long?
[17:53] >> It's I got this thing in January. It's
[17:55] It's June. Yeah. Every bit of five
[17:57] months on this thing. So, it's in.
[18:00] >> Yes.
[18:01] >> It's bolted up.
[18:02] >> Yes.
[18:03] >> It's plumbed.
[18:04] >> Yes.
[18:05] >> Does it run?
[18:05] >> It does run. Does run very well.
[18:08] >> Well, okay. Can I Can you start it?
[18:10] >> Well, do you want to start it?
[18:12] >> Okay. Yes, I'll start it. Yep. I'll hold
[18:13] the door for you.
[18:14] >> You know, it's nice that it's lifted
[18:15] somewhat to where entry is easier. Okay.
[18:19] And we have a top. That's great.
[18:24] That's much better than some Lexan and
[18:26] blue painters tape.
[18:29] All right.
[18:30] >> You got to remember the uh
[18:33] >> Oh, the immobilizer.
[18:34] >> The immobilizer. Yes.
[18:35] >> It's been so long. Jeez. All right. I've
[18:39] forgotten where it's in the center
[18:40] console.
[18:40] >> Uhoh.
[18:41] >> Behind the shifter. Oh, the dumbest
[18:43] start sequence ever.
[18:45] >> You got to wait until it clicks.
[18:46] >> Yep. Click.
[18:49] And then
[18:55] yes.
[19:00] Okay.
[19:03] So, some new timing belts in that. New
[19:05] timing belts.
[19:06] >> The engine always ran well. It was the
[19:08] transmission that was the problem. So, I
[19:10] guess we're up in the air. I can put it
[19:11] in gear, right?
[19:14] Yeah.
[19:16] >> I can barely hear you over the loud
[19:18] exhaust.
[19:18] >> Oh, she rolling. She's rolling.
[19:23] Nice.
[19:24] There we go.
[19:27] Yeah, when it warmed up that one to two,
[19:28] that feels smooth.
[19:31] Whoa.
[19:33] Okay.
[19:35] Okay. But it's Hubie's garage, so
[19:39] there's got to be bad news. There is bad
[19:41] news.
[19:42] >> Do I need to get out for the bad news?
[19:44] >> Uh, yes.
[19:45] >> The Wizards in New Mexico to miss this
[19:47] momentous occasion, unfortunately. And
[19:48] it's his last trip down there before he
[19:50] comes back and moves forever. It's It's
[19:55] so sad. Okay.
[19:58] >> Okay. So, you want me to tell you or you
[20:00] want me to show you?
[20:01] >> I guess show show me.
[20:03] >> So, if you look in here, right by the
[20:05] oil filter.
[20:06] >> Yeah.
[20:08] >> Look at it.
[20:10] Did Did you goop it up?
[20:12] >> I did just to try to stop it until we
[20:14] can fix it. But as you can see, it
[20:16] doesn't work.
[20:17] >> So that's the oil cooler that is
[20:20] actively leaking oil.
[20:21] >> Yes.
[20:22] >> And where does this oil cooler go?
[20:23] >> So these lines, if you follow them, they
[20:26] go right here through this tunnel, which
[20:28] this is not removable, and go all the
[20:30] way here, and they split off to two
[20:33] individual coolers, one here and one on
[20:35] the other side, which the lines are also
[20:37] leaking from there. just not as bad.
[20:39] >> And that's all one piece.
[20:41] >> It's all Well, there's two hoses, but
[20:43] technically yeah.
[20:44] >> Okay. But like there's not a hard metal
[20:46] line in the middle. It's It's all one
[20:47] piece front to back.
[20:48] >> Yes.
[20:49] >> And you've got to somehow fish it
[20:50] through like an electrician
[20:53] all the way through that.
[20:55] >> Yes.
[20:57] >> And it wasn't really leaking before. The
[20:59] radiator was leaking before. Is that
[21:01] replaced?
[21:02] >> Yes, we have the new radiator in. We put
[21:04] the fans back in and everything. Uh,
[21:06] these were leaking before. Uh, and they
[21:09] still are leaking. They tried to fix
[21:10] them before and like I said, I did a
[21:12] little bit just to kind of stop the the
[21:14] massive leak from Yeah. Just until we
[21:18] can get some the correct line to fix it.
[21:20] >> So, I need oil cooler lines.
[21:21] >> Yes.
[21:22] >> And you have no idea how hard it is to
[21:24] do until you start tearing it apart.
[21:26] >> Yeah, I have no idea. I think it's going
[21:27] to be as hard as any other car with
[21:29] lines running down the middle.
[21:30] >> Okay. Ferrari that
[21:34] >> maybe I can't remember off the top of my
[21:36] head.
[21:36] >> You just pretend it's a Ferrari and
[21:37] you'll be happy. Yeah. Okay. Well, I
[21:40] guess since you gooped them up to where
[21:42] they're not pouring out, we can drive
[21:44] it right?
[21:44] >> Yes, we can.
[21:46] >> Okay. So, it's kind of good news.
[21:54] Off we go.
[21:58] That factory Lotus roof is a little It's
[22:02] a little creaky, but it exists
[22:04] >> and it works.
[22:06] >> Oh, yeah.
[22:08] That is smooth, too. That is really
[22:11] nice.
[22:12] >> Well, that's good cuz early on I was
[22:13] having a little bit of issues shifting,
[22:14] but it smoothed out pretty quickly.
[22:16] >> Back down in second.
[22:24] There we go.
[22:27] Okay.
[22:29] >> It's got good pep.
[22:31] >> Yeah.
[22:32] >> Oh, the AC works. The
[22:33] >> AC works. Okay. The AC The AC worked
[22:36] before, just not the heat. This airbag
[22:38] light was on, too, back then, but that
[22:40] was the least of our worries at the
[22:41] time.
[22:42] >> Yeah. Also, I can't do anything with the
[22:44] airbag light. I don't have a scan tool
[22:45] to communicate with it.
[22:46] >> Yeah, that makes sense. All right, we
[22:49] got Is that dust coming out of the back
[22:51] or smoke or?
[22:52] >> A little bit of smoke. Yeah. It might be
[22:55] just burning off some oil, but we can
[22:57] take a look.
[22:59] >> Yeah.
[23:02] >> Oh, just some oil on the exhaust and
[23:04] stuff. Well, what's this?
[23:06] >> Yeah,
[23:08] >> that kind of sprayed.
[23:09] >> Oh, here we go. It's coming from that
[23:11] bolt right there. Look.
[23:14] >> Weird. Okay. Well, that's new.
[23:18] Okay. Well, that's an easy fix. It seems
[23:20] like maybe it's loose or maybe the
[23:22] gasket's worn out. So, I can pull that
[23:23] out. Maybe put a new gasket in there.
[23:25] >> Okay.
[23:27] Normal first test drive things.
[23:29] >> Uh yeah, for sure.
[23:31] >> All right.
[23:32] >> Well, I also forgotten the uh fire
[23:34] extinguisher. It's always good to take
[23:35] one on the first test drive.
[23:37] >> Yeah. Stride man.
[23:38] >> Yeah.
[23:39] >> Kind of had that recently happen to him
[23:40] with this Gallardo. It's very sad. So,
[23:42] >> all right. We'll limp it back. But she's
[23:46] still leaky. And this one's easy. The O
[23:49] line anyway. It's a thing. But I knew
[23:53] this was going to be a process and I got
[23:54] it so cheap that you know it's it's
[23:57] still worth it. And with these old
[23:59] British cars, it's not about the
[24:01] destination, it's about the journey. And
[24:03] we are still on this lovely lovely
[24:06] journey with this this car. It I mean
[24:09] for the driving experience you get for
[24:10] the money compared to how much does
[24:13] everything cost now? Unfortunately,
[24:14] Ferrari's Daniel Favorite are just so so
[24:16] crazy expensive for even the ones nobody
[24:18] wanted back then.
[24:22] I'm I'm trying to remain positive. Stay
[24:25] positive.